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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sudarsan Raghavan

The perilous 1,000-mile journey to save Africa’s endangered black rhinos

Washington Post photo by Salwan Georges

Blood trickles down Cecil’s face.

A tranquilliser dart has pierced his rough, leathery skin above the ear. Just steps away, his sedated mother has collapsed. Paulina’s hind foot was lassoed with a rope and she was blindfolded. A group of men and women tug on the rope and rock her large, round frame, trying to get her up and into a metal crate.

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